News from Berwick

 | By John-Erik Koslosky
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — DeLuxe Building Systems will lay off many of its 180 workers temporarily this summer while the plant is between jobs. But employees are expected to be back on the production lines in...


 | By The Press Enterprise Staff
Wed, 05/27/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Timothy O’Dell asked family friend Kalin Long to pick him up some soda, then fell asleep.

When O’Dell awoke, the soda was by the bedside, but a safe and a new Sony...


 | By Kristin Baver
Tue, 05/26/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — More than a dozen firefighters suited up only to stand by as a Chevrolet Cavalier was fully engulfed in flames Memorial Day afternoon.

A downed power line had missed the house...


Sun, 05/24/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Cinda L. Hartman of Hartman & Lally Insurers Inc. recently attended a Leadership Summit in Fort Lauderdale for the Society of Property & Casualty...


Sun, 05/24/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Work is under way on a new Family Dollar store on Front Street. The store will replace the existing Family Dollar in the Kmart shopping center on West Front Street, borough code...


 | By Julye Wemple
Sat, 05/23/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Terrell Slaughter’s girlfriend rushed to wake her family at 2:30 a.m. after he overdosed on a potent mix of Fentanyl and heroin, her sister testified in court.

“She was...


Sat, 05/23/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — With the new $1.2 billion Susquehanna-Roseland transmission line finally connected to the Berwick area earlier this month, New Jersey residents will be able to crank up their air...


 | By Julye Wemple
Fri, 05/22/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — A Berwick woman accused of leaving her three children to fend for themselves at home while she took a fourth to school waived her right to a hearing and will now face endangerment...


 | By Susan Schwartz
Fri, 05/22/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — For the eighth year in a row, it appears Berwick Area School District will not be raising taxes.

School directors passed a $44.18 million preliminary budget earlier this month...


Fri, 05/22/2015 - 00:00

BERWICK — Borough Police responded to these calls from May 10-16:

May 10

• 12:17 a.m. — 1100 block Pine Street, erratic driver

• 1:28 a.m. — 100 block...